Time Between 9:50 and 11 AM (Elevenses!) on the day on which we celebrate Autumn, Hobbits, and good TV
Place I’m at the kitchen desk. Tall Paul was at his office desk–he had to go into work for a few hours, but he’s home now–and Spencer is hanging out in the living room after finishing a stack of geometry homework. (I love that the boy hates proofs as much as I did.)
Eating Probably nothing for a while, since my first breakfast (turkey sausage and egg burrito) was immediately followed by my second (a makeshift cobbler of apple and pear chunks mixed with blackberries, on a Trader Joe’s shortcake biscuit), in honor of Hobbit Day–suffice it to say I’m not at all hungry now.
Drinking Alternating water and coffee
Reading One reason I don’t really use e-galleys is that if I don’t see physical copies of the ARCs I get for review, I tend to forget they exist. Therefore, I owe a thank-you to the publicist from Open Road Media who checked in with me about Adam Langer’s The Salinger Contract, which she’d authorized for me on NetGalley–and basically reminded me to start reading it, which I have. I’m also thisclose to finishing a memoir for a Shelf Awareness review (yes, the one from last week–don’t judge me, there’s been stuff going on). After that, I’m jumping into a November review candidate for the Shelf and the October selection for She Reads Book Club.
Watching We’ll probably watch some of the Emmy Awards tonight, which usher in the official start of Fall TV, and the season finales of Copper and Broadchurch this week, which will unofficially wrap up our summer viewing.
Listening I’m in between audiobooks at the moment, but I’ll most likely change that tomorrow by starting on Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell–which, due to some recent controversy over the book’s themes and language, means I will be getting in a Banned Books Week read after all. (Sometimes I really appreciate having circumstances make these decisions for me.)
Pondering / Blogging (I’m putting these together, because one way or another, my pondering usually finds its way to my blogging) Kim weighed in with her “Why I Blog” thoughts this weekend, and I related to the opposing forces she’s currently experiencing:
“‘I feel pulled in two opposite directions: blog less or blog more.’ I have felt that way for a while, but my actions are definitely in the direction of ‘less.’ As you note, the problem isn’t a shortage of things to say! But sometimes life has to come first–-I wonder whether the reassessments so many of us are doing right now is a way of coming to terms with that.”
Other ponderings that I want to explore in my blogging: why I am lately less drawn to reading certain forms of fiction, and why I like the idea of e-books but so seldom choose to read them.
Blogging I participated in Sheila’s advance Banned Books Week party with some uncensored thoughts on censorship a few days ago, and posted a book review that got the dreaded zero comments (I’d say “I don’t know” why, but I can make a good guess). I should have my thoughts on Diane Keaton’s memoir, Then Again (my last audio read), up in a few days.
Anticipating Getting out of the house soon. I’m not sure what we’ll be doing aside from a few errands, but it’s way too nice out to stay indoors!
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| After nearly seven years, I am finally establishing my official Internet citizenship by posting a cat picture. This is McGonagall. She lives at Spencer’s mom’s house, but I occasionally see her when I pick him up over there. |
